Rowes Bay
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NameRowes BayDescriptionTownsville Suburb: Coastal indentation and suburb. In a letter to the Council dated 18th July 1967, the Queensland Place Names Board stated that the bay had been named Rowes Bay in 1864. The proclamation dated the 8th March 1866 establishing the Municipality of Townsville refers to the bay as ‘Ross Bay’. However, for the next eighty years the name used on official plans, maps and charts of Townsville and its environs was ‘Rose Bay.’ Only after the Second World War did the name Rowes Bay come into general use. Charles Seville Rowe was one of the first settlers at Cleveland Bay.
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Rowes Bay. Townsville City Council, accessed 13/01/2025, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/155